Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun diabetes_insipidus

1 sense of diabetes insipidus

Sense 1
diabetes insipidus -- (a rare form of diabetes resulting from a deficiency of vasopressin (the pituitary hormone that regulates the kidneys); characterized by the chronic excretion of large amounts of pale dilute urine which results in dehydration and extreme thirst)
       => diabetes -- (a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst)